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bedlamite

[bed-luh-mahyt] / ˈbɛd ləˌmaɪt /




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I see now where the present bedlamite style of coiffure comes from.

From Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Louisa May Alcott

The simple countryman had heard of the bedlamite from Hamilton jail.

From International Short Stories American by Various

It isn’t my fault that they are associated with nothing better at the decisive moment than the banal splendours of a gilded café and the bedlamite yells of carnival in the street.

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad

It turned out we were to see more of Landrecies than we expected; for the weather next day was simply bedlamite.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang

After all, I reflected, the worst bedlamite must have food and shelter, and, unless the gleam had been a will-o'-the-wisp, I foresaw a fire.

From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan


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